Chen—the Imperial Commissioner at. the Arsenal—has been ordered to proceed to Formosa as special envoy of the Chinese Government to the Japanese Headquarters, The Viceroy is about to start for Tai Wan Foo, under special instructions from the Emperor who, it is said, is much displeased with him for having permitted the invasion of Chinese territory without making even a show of resistance, The Japanese Commander is, by all accounts, in urgent need of reinforcements, and if attacked by the Chinese troops—numbering fully ten thousand—will find his small army of three thousand men sorely tested.—It remains to be seen, however, whether the Chinese mean to attack,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.